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Lovejoy is a studio album by Albert King, released in 1971. The album peaked at No. 188 on the Billboard 200.
Production
The album was produced by Don Nix, who also penned some of the songs. "Lovejoy, Ill." is about Brooklyn, Illinois, which is nicknamed Lovejoy, after Elijah P. Lovejoy. King got his start in Lovejoy.
Critical reception
In Allmusic, Cub Koda gave Lovejoy 5 out of 3.5 stars, calling it "This 1970 studio effort teamed up Albert with producer Don Nix, who supplied the majority of the original material here. Kicking off with a typical reading of the Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Woman" and including Taj Mahal's "She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride," the session is split between a Hollywood date with Jesse Ed Davis, Jim Keltner, and Duck Dunn in the band and one at Muscle Shoals with Roger Hawkins, David Hood, and Barry Beckett in the lineup. Although all of this is well-produced, there's hardly any fireworks out of Albert or any of the players aboard, making this an unessential addition for any but Albert King completists."
Track listing
"Honky Tonk Woman" (Mick Jagger, Keith Richards) – 3:59
"Bay Area Blues" (Donald "Duck" Dunn, Don Nix) – 2:55
"Corrina, Corrina" (Don Nix) – 3:45
"She Caught the Katy (And Left Me a Mule to Ride)" (Taj Mahal, James Rachell) – 3:56
"For the Love of a Woman" (Don Nix) – 4:20
"Lovejoy, Ill." (Don Nix) – 3:46
"Everybody Wants to Go to Heaven" (Don Nix) – 4:20
"Going Back to Iuka" (Don Nix) – 3:58
"Like a Road Leading Home" (Don Nix, Dan Penn) – 5:24
Personnel
Albert King – electric guitar, vocals
Jesse Ed Davis – guitar
Tippy Armstrong – guitar
Wayne Perkins – guitar
John Gallie – keyboards
Barry Beckett – keyboards
Donald Dunn – bass guitar
David Hood – bass guitar
Jim Keltner – drums
Roger Hawkins – drums
Sandy Konikoff – percussion
Jeanie Green – backing vocals
The Mount Zion Singers – backing vocals
Technical
Larry Hamby, Marlin Greene, Peter Nicholls, Steve Smith - engineer
John Fry - remix engineer
Joel Brodsky - photography
References
External links
Lovejoy at Discogs (list of releases)